Silas Principe

I’m a marine biologist studying the effects of climate change on
species and ecosystems.

I’m currently an associate researcher at the Ocean Biodiversity Information System (OBIS), part of IODE/IOC/UNESCO, where I contribute to the EU Horizon project MPA Europe. With the partners, our work package is generating species distribution models for over 12,000 marine species that occurs in European waters to support the prioritization analysis that will map the optimal locations for marine protected areas in Europe.

My research interests are mainly on how climate change affects ecosystems, with experience in distribution modelling, thermal biology, and ecophysiology. Coding is an integral part of my work, mainly in R, but also Python. Check my GitHub repository.

2014 BSc Biological Sciences (Marine Biology) Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus do Litoral Paulista. São Paulo, Brazil.

2017 MSc Zoology Universidade Estadual Paulista, Campus de Botucatu. São Paulo, Brazil.

2023 PhD Biological Oceanography Universidade de São Paulo, Instituto Oceanográfico. São Paulo, Brazil.

Contact

While I’m preparing a new site, you can check my research on Google Scholar or contact me through s.principe[at]unesco.org.